Mining Officials Gaoled
BUDAPEST, Wed. : A Budapest court has sent three mining officials to gaol—two for 15 years and the other for six years—after…
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Victoria Desperately Short of Coal
MELBOURNE, Wed. : Emergency meeting of the State Cabinet tomorrow will decide whether the Premier (Mr McDonald) and the…
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SYDNEY, Wed.: Settlement of the cool crisis depended upon the spirit prevailing at tomorrow’s conference, the general president of the Miners’ Federation, Mr I. Williams, said…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.: The resumed conference on the cool crisis collaped today, when the NSW mineowners refused to attend. Conference, called on Monday to find a solution to the coal dispute, was adjourned after exploratory talks until today to allow the…
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SYDNEY, Fri. : A coal authority said today that heavier rationing would be Inevitable unless more coal was produced…
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Refusal of the colliery proprietors to attend yesterday’s strike conference convened by the joint Cool…
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NEW YORK, Friday : Customs officials seized 300 lb. of gold during an attempt to smuggle it aboard the liner…
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CANBERRA, Fri.: Maximum development of Collide coalfield in Queensland and the extension of the importation of coal from overseas was decided upon by the Federal Cabinet today,…
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SYDNEY, Fri.: The Sydney office of the Miners’ Federation today issued on “information bulletin” laying the blame for the collapse of this week’s coal crisis negotiations on the mine-owners and the Federal Government. The statement said: “The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners will hold their third stoppage to-day
SYDNEY, Sun.: Miners will to-morrow hold their third one-day-a-week stoppage in protest against the Gallagher “incentive” award payment for working 10 days a fortnight, and industry will lose 62,000 tons of coal…
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“In the present dire position of the State, I am prepared to go anywhere and meet anyone who can help,” the Premier (Mr. McDonald) pledged to-day…
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MELBOURNE, Hon.: The Arbitration Court will give its derision at 2.20 p.m. tomorrow on the contempt of court charge…
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SYDNEY, Mon.: Plans were well in hand for a vigorous coal production programme for this year, the Minister for Shipping and Fuel (Senator McLeay) said today. The statement was made…
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SYDNEY, Tues.: Veteran Parliamentarian, Mr W. M. Hughes, MHR. today accused miners of “obeying what laws they like and…
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MELBOURNE, Tues.: The contempt of court charge against the president of the Miners’ Federation, Idris Williams, was dismissed by the Full Arbitration Court today…
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SYDNEY, Wed.— Miners’ central council tomorrow is expected to stand firm on their demand that ail parties to the coal dispute must support any request for a review of the Gallagher “incentive” award. The council is expected to tell the emergency committee of ACTU…
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CANBERRA, Thurs.: The Joint Cool Board, in conjunction with the Federal Government, will open o further 10 open-cut cool mines in New South Wales this year. The Minister for Fuel (Senator McLeay) said this today…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.: The Central Council of the Miners’ Federation decided in Sydney today to hold aggregate meetings on all coalfields in N.S.W., Victoria, Queensland, and Tasmania next week. The meeting will hear a…
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WOLLONGONG, Thurs.: Two Corrimal miners, charged with the manslaughter of David Buckley at Corrimal on January 24,…
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MELBOURNE, Fri.: Refusal of the Joint Coal Board chairman (Mr S. F. Cochran) to make adequate coal supplies available to Victoria would mean one workless day a week in…
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